series of strikes set to last for several months it's part of growing resistance to president manuel maccollins plans to modernize the economy. and south africa mourns the loss of an anti-apartheid icon winnie mandela has died at the age of eighty one and activist and wife of nelson mandela for many she was the mother of the nation but her legacy is mixed. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a german prosecutor is seeking the extradition of former president karl has pushed him out to spain is currently jailed in germany he was arrested as he crossed the border from denmark earlier this month or rather last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia has failed bid for independence the separatist leader has been in self imposed exile in belgium since declaring catalan independence. following an october referendum. well for more on this story we're joined by our political correspondent han's blonde from our parliamentary studios and by reporter pablo foley ileus who's covering this story for us here in our studio let's start with you hons on what grounds the german pro

the walkout is a serious test for french president to manuel maccollins reform agenda to protest these plans the country's four main rail unions are planning to strike two days a week through june but again i am reminding travelers to postpone their trips if possible if they didn't receive a text message confirming their train is running a full month and a fifth production will. come and it's not just train workers electricity gas and sanitation workers in france are also taking part. as a cause of a straight away to our correspondent elise is in paris lisa how much disruption is this strike causing. well a lot rainy it crossed france and also at this train station behind me very few trains are running on certain train lines only one out of ten trains that is circulating and obviously the people that want to want to go to work are trying to get on the strain as we could see on the pictures this morning that you wishing earlier there was one train here at the train station behind me that was canceled at the last minute by many people who are hoping to get on that train and then get down

the walk out as a serious test for french president to manuel maccollins reform agenda to protest these plans the country's four main rail unions are planning to strike two days a week through june. i am reminding travelers to postpone their trips if possible if they didn't receive a text message confirming their train is running for more than the fifty doubt he'll. come and it's not just train workers electricity gas and sanitation workers in france are also taking part. in standing by for us outside the gap in the or in paris is lisa louise good to see you lisa. this strike has been going on since monday even the how much disruption does it cause. a lot of disruption really is very common at many train stations across france we now have official figures from the s.n.c. death about a third of the company's workers are on strike and more than three quarters of its train drivers now here in the morning there was a situation where many people were waiting for a train the train was cancelled it was a packed platform and these people got down to the tracks as you as you can tell not all the